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Meet Our Team

Our team is a dynamic group of dedicated individuals committed to driving positive change within the North Carolina community and beyond. Our team has two distinct teams and focus areas -

  • The core FFORC team supports community-based programming focusing on achieving policy, systems, and environmental change efforts related to health, nutrition, and physical activity

  • The Carolina Hunger Initiative (CHI) team focuses on nutrition education and expanding access to healthy meals for kids in school through USDA child nutrition programs.

  • Additionally, many UNC-Chapel Hill students and interns support our work by joining our team and sharing their passion, talent, and expertise. See the list of our current and former student team members below. 

With a shared goal of promoting health, wellness, and opportunity, we bring diverse expertise and a collaborative spirit to every endeavor​!​

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FFORC Lead & Research Scientist

Molly De Marco (she/her)

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FFORC Project Manager

Brett Sheppard (he/him)

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FFORC Field Coordinator

Rev. Bill Kearney (he/him)

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FFORC Project Manager

Seth LaJeunesse (he/him)

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FFORC Field Coordinator

Judit Alvarado (ella/she/her)

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FFORC Planning & Evaluation Lead

Chanta'l Rose (she/her)

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FFORC Planning & Eval Coordinator

Gabby Statia (she/her)

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FFORC Project Manager

Kevin Giff (he/him)

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FFORC Community Engagement Coord. 

Edith DeJesus (ella/she/her)

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CHI Director

Lou Ann Crumpler

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CHI Communications Director

Tamara Cox Baker

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CHI Research Specialist

Jessica Soldavini

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CHI School Breakfast Program Manager

Helen Roberts

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CHI Program Specialist

Jana Saur

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CHI Communications Manager

Andrew Harrell

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CHI Nutrition Specialist

Marlee Marrotta Caregnato

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Interns & Graduate Students

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Former

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Contact Us

Food Fitness Opportunity Research Collaborative (FFORC)

Center for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
CB# 7426
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27599-7426

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p: 919-966-6080
e: fforcteam@unc.edu

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